I've had enough of the Security Vendors and their rhetoric. I'm constantly bombarded with requests to attend sales presentations on the latest intrusion detection pizza box appliance, or spam firewall thingy, etc. The value of these products are only so that the execs can point to their "security initiatives" and "best practices" when a breach of security is discovered. If they look like they've made an effort to curtail the risk, then they still get their big bonus.
What about non-game studio execs? I'd rather see a list of game reviewers and how they shape the future. ZeroPunctuation, Penny Arcade, PvP, etc. You know, the real gamers with a voice the is heard by millions of gamers. And of course they are not tied to a magazine where all editorials are subject to review based on the ammount of paid advertising...
to allow the Internet to bog down in data. Those serving this massive amount of data (video, music, etc.) will ensure the infrastructure exists so that their profits are not threatened. This is very basic business administration, if you run out of bandwidth, it's the same as running out of product, and you are turning away willing customers. Losing Money.
Don't underestimate the market forces driving this exaflood.
I'm sure the people who designed this feature were bright enough to consider how it might be used, and when. I suspect that there is a great body of evidence showing that attracting attention to a bad situation is a very good strategy: scream for help, wave your arms, sound an alarm. These strategies are effective in a great majority of cases.
Rape whistles, burglar alarms, car alarms, etc. all are meant to draw attention and induce the villain to leave the area.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. All of you Google fan boys calm down...
Didn't the faster cheaper thing prove out to be extremely risky? That model resulted in numerous failures on Mars, ultimately to be abandoned and real space agency calibre test and development resume as a result.
Do anyone think the Hezbollah reference is a little bit odd? How does intrusion detection and firewalls stop someone from eavsdropping on communications? Please point out the reference that deatils how an Isreali tank was denied information, or misled by false information.
This unsubstantiated BS as a justification for an obvious product placement requires more scrutiny. I don't doubt that there IS a chance that some enemy force could have the capability to "hack" a tank, but the "Exactly such an event happened last year to an Israeli crew" needs some evidence.
That was my first thought. But at $5M this is such a tiny sum of money that MS simply had to sign up. This avoids an RIM v. NTP scenario and is bargain. Also they acheive the "See, we pay our protection money! Why won't you?" bonus points...
What is it that you think the gPhone will do that the MS Mobile platform can't? The iPhone's multi-touch interface is certainly a new development, but MS has been playing around with the same tech with their "Surface" coffee table. Do you really think MS won't have multi-touch in their next version of Mobile PC?
The question for me is this: Are Mac Users smarter than Windows users? These Trojans, on both platforms, require the user to click through and actively install it. PC users are so numerous a large portion must be this gullible. History shows us it is true.
But what about Mac peoples? They often look down on us lowly MS folks, this will finally test to see if they are, in fact, superior...
It is not new, and not ever going to change: The government agencies responsible for knowing what people are planning to do domestically and abroad must be able to gather information. Where is the info? How is it transmitted? Who owns the network?
They will do it anyway they can, and have been doing it for over 60 years. It's just now, when we are so digitally integrated, that is has become so much easier for them.
You either trust your government or you dont. If you dont trust the current admin, elect a new one.
I recommend reading "A Man Called Intrepid". It details the beginning of the spy game, and how it dramatically turned the second world war around. The burden on our intelligence forces is great. The responsibility even greater. Have you elected the government you trust to use this intelligence infrastructure properly? Don't blame the telcos, blame those who are abusing the info.
Ballmer may be right in that some Open Source Software infringes on their patents. I'd be surprised if it were otherwise; they are giving out patents on single click purchasing, and even the simple check box
Microsoft is unlikely to enforce it's patents, but what should scare us are the other Patent Houses where their business model is based on litigation. They are the dangerous ones...
Why punish the people who actually pay for your product? The only way to suffer from this is if you purchased a copy, the people who are downloading this are free of the pain... It's like they _want_ you to pirate it. They are creating a system with incentives for illegal copying.
This is one of the reasons I don't care about this format war, they both are wrong headed... I want content delivered over the wire (or wireless, you get the idea).
Any evidence to back that up? I seriously doubt that a single individual has the ability to make a change on production boxes without a committee of senior managers approving the change.
Google will adjust, find the method of manipulating the page ranks, and close the hole.
Losing the leadership of Bill is actually the devastating blow. Perhaps Vista is the result of his taking a less hands on role over the past year... When you lose the leader you change the face of the company.
All that being said, Microsoft is still a juggernaut, and they will continue for many years to come. My guess is five to ten years...
I must have missed something... but how does freezing your credit history help with identity theft? And doesn't that defeat the purpose of having a credit history? I mean a history is used to determine if I pose a credit risk to the lender...
1) I ask to freeze my credit history
2) My history is frozen
3) ???
4) profit
Anybody able to distill this into simple terms for us?
I'd sure like to be part of that trial. I wonder about the stability of the mesh, and bandwidth shaping when certain handsets become the single links between separate larger meshes. Call setup and teardown is interesting, how do you capture the billable minutes, or do you instead have to buy a flat rate plan.
And then of course, we won't be seeing it state side: CALEA support would likely be impossible.
The reason this gets posted is because it's a list. The fscking "List" format blog posts are driving me mad. "10 ways to..." "6 not so smart cats" "30 things to do with..."
The structure is so simple: The headline hook writes itself, and the content can be complete horseshit but once it hits digg, you've got a front page post.
I challenge you to try it: go to flickr, grab ten random photos based on a meta tag. Assemble them in a list, with perhaps some witty comments, but even that's not needed. Get five friends to digg it.
I'm surprised that it took this long for them to try to hide their tracks through anonymizers. Perhaps they've been doing this for quite sometime, and just now are we catching on to the technique...
It just makes sense, and is obvious, and a natural progression of the technology..... Hey! Maybe I should write a patent!
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I've had enough of the Security Vendors and their rhetoric. I'm constantly bombarded with requests to attend sales presentations on the latest intrusion detection pizza box appliance, or spam firewall thingy, etc. The value of these products are only so that the execs can point to their "security initiatives" and "best practices" when a breach of security is discovered. If they look like they've made an effort to curtail the risk, then they still get their big bonus.
What about non-game studio execs? I'd rather see a list of game reviewers and how they shape the future. ZeroPunctuation, Penny Arcade, PvP, etc. You know, the real gamers with a voice the is heard by millions of gamers. And of course they are not tied to a magazine where all editorials are subject to review based on the ammount of paid advertising...
to allow the Internet to bog down in data. Those serving this massive amount of data (video, music, etc.) will ensure the infrastructure exists so that their profits are not threatened. This is very basic business administration, if you run out of bandwidth, it's the same as running out of product, and you are turning away willing customers. Losing Money. Don't underestimate the market forces driving this exaflood.
What sort of test plan fails to catch BRICKING THE PC?
Rape whistles, burglar alarms, car alarms, etc. all are meant to draw attention and induce the villain to leave the area.
Didn't the faster cheaper thing prove out to be extremely risky? That model resulted in numerous failures on Mars, ultimately to be abandoned and real space agency calibre test and development resume as a result.
This unsubstantiated BS as a justification for an obvious product placement requires more scrutiny. I don't doubt that there IS a chance that some enemy force could have the capability to "hack" a tank, but the "Exactly such an event happened last year to an Israeli crew" needs some evidence.
You should race off to Openmoko.org. Buy one of their open phone dev kits and bang out your own.
That was my first thought. But at $5M this is such a tiny sum of money that MS simply had to sign up. This avoids an RIM v. NTP scenario and is bargain. Also they acheive the "See, we pay our protection money! Why won't you?" bonus points...
What is it that you think the gPhone will do that the MS Mobile platform can't? The iPhone's multi-touch interface is certainly a new development, but MS has been playing around with the same tech with their "Surface" coffee table. Do you really think MS won't have multi-touch in their next version of Mobile PC?
Agreed. A ship's surgeon seems like a better idea to me... is this another case of "the russians use a pencil"?
You are not the only. It's nice to have company.
The question for me is this: Are Mac Users smarter than Windows users? These Trojans, on both platforms, require the user to click through and actively install it. PC users are so numerous a large portion must be this gullible. History shows us it is true.
But what about Mac peoples? They often look down on us lowly MS folks, this will finally test to see if they are, in fact, superior...
They will do it anyway they can, and have been doing it for over 60 years. It's just now, when we are so digitally integrated, that is has become so much easier for them.
You either trust your government or you dont. If you dont trust the current admin, elect a new one.
I recommend reading "A Man Called Intrepid". It details the beginning of the spy game, and how it dramatically turned the second world war around. The burden on our intelligence forces is great. The responsibility even greater. Have you elected the government you trust to use this intelligence infrastructure properly? Don't blame the telcos, blame those who are abusing the info.
Microsoft is unlikely to enforce it's patents, but what should scare us are the other Patent Houses where their business model is based on litigation. They are the dangerous ones...
This is one of the reasons I don't care about this format war, they both are wrong headed... I want content delivered over the wire (or wireless, you get the idea).
Google will adjust, find the method of manipulating the page ranks, and close the hole.
All that being said, Microsoft is still a juggernaut, and they will continue for many years to come. My guess is five to ten years...
1) I ask to freeze my credit history
2) My history is frozen
3) ???
4) profit
Anybody able to distill this into simple terms for us?
And then of course, we won't be seeing it state side: CALEA support would likely be impossible.
"10 ways to..."
"6 not so smart cats"
"30 things to do with..."
The structure is so simple: The headline hook writes itself, and the content can be complete horseshit but once it hits digg, you've got a front page post.
I challenge you to try it: go to flickr, grab ten random photos based on a meta tag. Assemble them in a list, with perhaps some witty comments, but even that's not needed. Get five friends to digg it.
Wait for the traffic storm to hit.
It just makes sense, and is obvious, and a natural progression of the technology..... Hey! Maybe I should write a patent!
Is this entanglement a means of instant communications across vast distances? Faster than light information transfer?
Dumb it down for me, a simpleton without a background in Quantum Mechanics.
What is their timetable for solid state disks? I'm really hoping my next laptop has no moving parts...
It sure would be nice to have one of these, maybe they should be included with every box of Microwave Popcorn.